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''Il Progresso Italo-Americano'' was an
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daily newspaper in the United States, published in
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from 1880 to 1988, when it was shut down due to a union dispute. In 1989, most journalists of ''Il Progresso'' reunited to create a new daily, ''
America Oggi ''America Oggi'', or ''America Today'', is an Italian-language daily newspaper published in Norwood, New Jersey, for Italian immigrants in the United States. It was founded by journalists of the closed '' Il Progresso Italo-Americano''. In May ...
''. In the early 20th century ''Il Progresso'' was the most popular of New York's Italian newspapers, selling anywhere from 90,000 to 100,000 copies every day. Founded in 1879 by Carlo Barsotti and Vincenzo Polidori, who were also the first editors, ''Il Progresso Italo-Americano'' was a bully pulpit for raising funds for monuments by public subscription in the city of New York. From 1888 to 1921 it promoted monuments to Giuseppe Garibaldi,
Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus * lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo * es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón * pt, Cristóvão Colombo * ca, Cristòfor (or ) * la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
, Giuseppe Verdi,
Giovanni da Verrazzano Giovanni da Verrazzano ( , , often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian ( Florentine) explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlanti ...
and
Dante Dante Alighieri (; – 14 September 1321), probably baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and often referred to as Dante (, ), was an Italian people, Italian Italian poetry, poet, writer and philosopher. His ''Divine Comedy'', origin ...
. Generoso Pope assumed the direction of the newspaper in 1928, after buying it for $2,052,000. He doubled its circulation to 200,000 in New York City, making it the largest Italian-language daily in the country. The newspaper from 1889-1976 is now available on microfilm at the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute in NYC. In May 2022, New York-based North Sixth Group invested in the revival of ''Il Progresso Italo-Americano'' and integrated it into ''America Domani'', or ''America Tomorrow'', a digital media community for Italian Americans. Publishing industry veteran Al DiGuido was named Publisher & CEO.


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